Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

Olivia and her sister Joan Fontaine both attended Los Gatos High School which I lived nearby for about 40 years. I spent most of that time stuffed at the Black Watch, a bar in town. Trigger I think is stuffed and in Branson, Missouri.
 
Good to be home!

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Good morning Guardians, I hope everyone's week has got off to a good start. I seem to have missed the summer here, as while it's still warm and humid, it's also dull and overcast, with rain and thunderstorms forecast. I have a pal calling round at some point today, so I hope he can bring me some bread, as I'm all out. Be nice to see him, and have a chat too. Have a good day Guardians 👍

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Jack Black said:
I've been watching a film from my childhood, and from my dad's childhood (it was his favourite) 🙂👍




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I was glad to find it, on DVD, at a reasonable price, the other week. It has an extra disc, which is full of fascinating short films, and some 85 year old bloopers and outtakes. Incredible to think that Jimmy Cagney was first supposed to play the Robin Hood role! 😳 Here"s a tidbit for JohnDF JohnDF too, Olivier de Havilland"s horse in the film, then called 'Golden Cloud', was later adopted by Roy Rogers, and became 'Trigger'! 😎🙂👍View attachment 1901175
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"Here's Gisbourne, so in love with Lady Marian that he daren't say 'boo' to her, and this saucy rascal gives her better than she says!"
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"I, um, here is your prize, Sir Archer."
 
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JohnDF said:
Great picture, Jack. 🤠:thumbsup:
Don't you guys have like a door-dash or grub-hub type of food delivery system there?
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Thanks John 🙂 Absolutely everywhere is short-staffed at the moment, (for reasons which should be obvious to anyone living here), there are fruit crops rotting in the fields due to a lack of pickers 🤨 I ordered some groceries yesterday morning, but they don't come until tomorrow afternoon (I used to be able to get them delivered within the hour). There's a crumbling network of takeaway delivery drivers too, but I think I'm just going to find something in the back of the freezer today! I'm not a fan of takeaway generally, preferring to eat out, but that pizza has put me off for a while. I'm not the only one noticing that the quality of food in restaurants here, and service, has gone downhill in the past couple of years, as they also struggle to get staff ☹️👍
 
screened porch said:
"Here's Gisbourne, so in love with Lady Marian that he daren't say 'boo' to her, and this saucy rascal gives her better than she says!"
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Great line! 😁 One of many in the film 🙂 I really enjoyed the films about the making of the film. There were a number included on the second disc, as well as a film about Technicolour, some cartoons, and a film made by Errol Flynn. There was also a horrifically corny film about the archer they used in the film, who was incredible. The extras got paid an extra amount for being shot by him (with a thin steel plate, and a thicker plywood one, under their clothing)! 😱😁👍
 
JohnDF said:
You'd think at some point that all the people will return to work.
They may find that all the good jobs have been filled with whomever they could find, and the skilled workers and the well-educated will be delivering your groceries.
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Almost everybody has (prime minister, parliament, and a large part of the civil service excepted), but we used to rely on a large pool of, mainly European, labour, to clean our hospitals, deliver babies, cure cancer, pick crops, drive buses and delivery vehicles, wait tables, serve drinks, issue prescriptions, care for our old folks, cook restaurant food, issue train tickets, etc, etc, etc. But most of those people aren't here anymore, particularly the ones who performed the lower paid of those jobs...☹️🤬Hard to say more without being explicitly political 🙄👍
 
screened porch said:
"'You speak treason!'
'Fluently.'"
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I think I'm done now.
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LOL! 😁👍
akaMatt said:
G’mornin’, guardians! Been away for a while, so Jelly suggested we stop in and say hello! Hope everyone has a great day!

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Great to see you and Jelly, Matt 🙂 Hope you're doing ok 🙂 That's a cool pic 😎👍
bigfish64 said:
Good morning Guardians. My last morning before returning to work for my penultimate school year. Nice and cool here, very pleasant with a hot cup of coffee and some knives to play with. 😊👍View attachment 1901599
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Good luck Todd, make sure you study hard buddy 😉😁 It sounds like nice weather there my friend 😊 Great pic 😎👍
 
screened porch said:
"'You speak treason!'
'Fluently.'"
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Lol... 🤣
Jack Black said:
we used to rely on a large pool of, mainly European, labour,
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That makes sense... Over here, I think it's mostly people finding jobs where they can work from home and increasing the unemployment benefits.
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Good to see you checking in, "Matt". 🤠:thumbsup:
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Hope you enjoy your last day of vacation, my friend.
I also hope your transition back to work is smooth, hope you get a good crop of students, and hope you have an amazing school year.
 
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